Razer Blade 15.6" (GTX 1060/1070, 2018 edition) Owner's Lounge

A quick question, are people using the latest drivers for CPU & GPU or the ones on the Razer driver support page? (Thanks for the responses to my heat issue btw, a re-paste did the job)

 

No problem dude. Have a good one with your machine. Just keep in mind that most high performance compounds (Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut for example) will lose performance quicker because of the ingredients specific to them. In a very recent Gamers Nexus video der8auer said that Thermal Grizzly recommends to change Kryonaut about every year or so when applied on a GPU die (no figures for thermal cycles in that period). This would also hold true for direct die cooling for laptops. Nothing to worry about, just something to keep in mind for when you eventually will notice a degradation in thermal performance, or higher fan speeds. My Kryonaut application would actually be due for a repaste soon.

I'm using different drivers from the ones supplied by Razer (aside from their specific platform drivers), and especially the Realtek sound driver. Making my own build of it with the latest components from Realtek's FTP server helped with headphone and speaker popping and microphone issues.

 

Apparently this isn't common knowledge and people are reporting reps who are failing to explain this fact to them during customer service calls.

You can request a recovery flash drive from razer free of charge so long as your razer is still under it's original manufacturer warranty. I upgraded my RB15 to a 1TB NVMe SSD and i'm having a problem with my windows installer. I told them these things and they sent me a recovery drive that will act exactly like the built in recovery partition. This is also useful for fresh installing say Windows 10 Pro instead of Home, since i don't think you can even option these laptops to have Pro at time of purchase. (I have not yet tested this second part)

Also these drives are ****ing sexy looking. Easily the most stylish thing Razer has ever made lolz.

https://i.imgur.com/YyDRw8b.png

 

I just performed a fresh Win10Pro install on a NVMe m.2 ssd and all is well. Synapse 2.xx seems to be the only software that doesn't launch. It is installed but will not open. The only reason I want to use it is to control the keyboard color. While the color wave is nice it is too distracting to me. Any suggestions on how to get Synapse to open? Thanks in advance.

 

Do you have old keyboard, why do you need Synapse 2? Maybe try reinstall it.

 

I have a 2018 Base model. I have tried to install it several times with the software from the Razer site. Did the 2018 Blade systems come with Synapse 3? I suppose I can try to load that version and see what happens..

 

I uninstalled Synapse 2 and installed Synapse 3 and it is running. My lighting profile came up when I logged in. Now to work on Nvidia Control Panel and get that running. Most of the applications and software (including replacement/new licenses) have been loaded. I am having an issue with VMWare and installing a virtual computer running WindowsXP. This has never been an issue before. Software has a valid license so maybe uninstall and reinstall might be necessary.

 

Synapse 2 is for Blade laptops from 2017 any Blade from 2018 use Synapse 3. I thought you’re using old external keyboard that still use Synapse 2. Idk about VMware though I don’t use it...wait windows xp lol, what are you doing btw .

 

Nvidia Control Panel now functioning. Working on VMWare issues. Should have that resolved in a moment or two.

The moral of this story is: Create a restore point before installing software. Keep in mind Microsoft and Apple generally do not play well together. DO NOT install Duel for Windows software on your system. After this fresh build my system is significantly faster than it was with my other primary ssd. Of course I am sure I could have done a fresh install on that but I suppose this was my excuse to go from SATA to NVMe. Did I gain significant speed in doing this, probably not. However, I have the ability to write this expense off against my consulting business.

 

I need Windows XP because I support robot systems that require software that really won't run well after XP. I could install Win7 and run in XP mode but some of the software is flaky doing this. That's why I created a virtual machine. Besides, it beats carrying two laptops for my work.

 

That is cool as **** dude. I wish I knew more about VMs and ****. I have a hard time believing that the razer can run xp easily, VM or not, but good luck to you ! Maybe try literally dual booting? I assume you don't need anything but the tp/kb/screen and usb ports to work to do the robot job and the laptop has two drive bays XD

 

VMs are pretty easy to create. I use VMWare and have a legitimate copy of MS XP Pro. It is getting difficult to get a activation key from MS for XP now but there are ways around that. You have to install XP the same way you would any computer and it works pretty well. The best thing about the virtual machine is that it will use the USB ports on my Blade. All I have to do is attach them from the host to the VM. I can even use a USB serial adapter. I have a driver that is loaded from the XP machine and, viola, it functions perfectly. My virtual XP machine is up and running but now has to be loaded with the software I need to run, including the USB serial adapter driver. I am not a huge fan of duel boot systems. This was done in the past (maybe in the late 90s and early 2000s) but I haven't had a dual boot system since the late 90s.

The problem I have is the installation process, transferring licenses, setup of applications when I change computer. In this case it was a change from SATA to NVMe so cloning was probably out of the question. The reason for the change was due to a failed trial of Apple Duet software installation and degraded performance of my computer (which was running pretty well before the Duet installation). While the SATA was fast, the NVMe is just a bit faster but in itself not worth a change without problem. I went with the NVMe option because of the time it would have taken my computer out of service and the cost associated to downtime. That was my justification of getting another m.2 ssd. I could configure the NVMe at my leisure (after the work day for an hour or two) while having the SATA in use while I was working. Once I get everything on the NVMe fully loaded, licensed, and functional in every capacity I need I will format the SATA and keep it as a backup. I wouldn't be able to recoup much from it so it's worth it as a spare.

 

I have done this before! It's not out of the question. I thought it would have problems too, but it just worked!

But either way, those Razerblade Base models all ship with 128 or 256gb ssd's, could have easily acquired a 512 or 1tb sata m.2 and stuffed it in there XD. First thing I did when I got my base model was upgrade the drive to a 1tb nvme. Sounds like you already bought the upgraded nvme drive, but you know, for the future i guess!

Also, I know you already said you were going to keep it, but its good to keep original equipment for warranty purposes. If you ever have to send it in, having that stuff to put back into the machine when you send it in is a great option, especially considering how often these laptop manufacturers like to upgrade you to different/better models when yours just wont work right for X reason. If I bought faster memory and a bigger SSD for my machine and they were like "Lmao we're just gonna send you a different one" i'd be mad!

Any ways, what you do is amazing, cheers dude. Hope it all gets working smoothly for you!

 

I bought the SATA base model (128gb m.2, 1tb hhd). You're right, Razer could have gone with larger capacity drives but then the costs would have risen. I am sure they got the 128gb/256gb drives very inexpensively in large quantity. I have both my original drives in my desk drawer protected just in case I have to send back the unit for what ever reason. I did get a 2tb SATA and cloned the original drive to it. That worked very well and was very easy. However, this time around I went from SATA to NVMe so cloning might not be the best option due to the difference in ssds. Also, with the residual software/driver/unknown issue going on I wasn't interested in cloning because I did not want to migrate that into my new m.2 ssd. As I said, the new m.2 NVMe is running well and is fast. I just need to deactivate some licenses from the SATA drive and activate the software on my NVMe drive.

 

Does anyone know for sure the thicknesses of thermal pads for 2018 RB15? Not sure about #1-3 and 7-9.
From what I got memory chips should have 1.5mm pads (4-6). But 1.5mm seemed to be to thin for #1 and #3. The #2 was barely touching heatsink with 1.5mm pad as well when I was using such a pad there. Should #2 be 2mm as well? I'm using Gelid GP Extreme everywhere - they seem to be soft enough and more or less tacky (not like original pads, but better then some others).
Anyway, comments on my list of pads' dimensions will be appreciated (numbers according to image):
1). 2mm
2). 2mm ???
3). 2mm
4-6). 1.5mm
7). 1.5mm ????
8). 1.5mm ????
9). 1mm ????

UPDATE: After some tries I found that 2mm for #2 thermal pad is too much. As for #7 - 1.5mm works fine. But for #8 pads of 1.5mm are almost on the edge - if one would use rigid pads those would not allow for #7 to stick properly. But when I tried to use 1mm on #8 - the edge pad on one of the chips didn't touch the heatsink. So I used pads of the next thicknesses:
1). 2mm
2). 1.5mm
3). 2mm
4-6). 1.5mm
7). 1.5mm
8). soft 1.5mm, or 1mm hard pad
9). 1mm, but the one that is very tacky (or use a small piece of the original pad from gpu memory, that's what I did)

 

Is there a driver or download that can be installed to improve battery management for a 2018 RB base model? I did a fresh install with Win10Pro and the battery life seems to worse than off the original (cloned) ssd. Thanks in advance.

 

Not sure what happened to the speakers but they went silent. I restored a restore point from yesterday and all is now well. Definitely a driver issue and the driver from the Razer site didn't help. Oh well, good thing I have been diligent in creating restore points.

 

there is no battery driver. but make sure MSI afterburner isnt turned on, it wakes up the GPU constantly and drains battery.

 

I don't have MSI afterburner installed on my RB15. I am a business application user not a gamer so I have not made any changes to clock speeds, bios settings, nothing. I am still looking to see what I can do to extend battery life. I am getting about 3 hours running basic applications (MS Office, web browsing, text editor, Acrobat Adobe). I only have one application set to run the GPU (offline Robotic programming software). If I am running a basic robot cell with minimal graphic geometries added I can get away with integrated graphics. When a robot cell has a lot of graphic geometries added then the GPU runs the application better. While I realize I have a gaming laptop and one with a smaller battery (due to dual ssd), I expect better than 3 hours when running on low graphic/battery saver mode.

Thanks for the tip on MSI afterburner.

 

@RobotDoctor, As soon as the Nvidia GPU turns on, your battery time will plummet. So the tip with MSI Afterburner is valuable. Personally, to avoid having the monitoring running in the background, I have a Windows task set up to call orbmu2k's Nvidia Inspector with a few parameters to apply my voltage/frequency curve and memory clock offset and then close itself immediately. Nothing else ever touches these numbers usually, so the overclock sticks just fine.

The other thing to look out for is the CPU package power, since you have only little control over what the rest of the system takes (aside from screen brightness). I'd recommend getting ThrottleStop and setting up a Windows task to start it on every boot to apply an undervolt and provide some monitoring capabilities. ThrottleStop will prominently show you the package power metric, which is not very accurate, but it's better than nothing. I'd take the time to set up an undervolt fitting to your stability requirements, in order for the CPU to utilize a little less power when under load. There you'll also be able to enable Speed Shift, which not only replaces the SpeedStep software with a hardware implementation (which is faster at switching between clock speeds and uses less power by bring on the hardware-side), but also gives finer control over the clock speed you're expecting for your task via ThrottleStop's SpeedShift EPP value. ThrottleStop also has profiles, which you can use to automatically let it switch between a more permissive profile in terms of power when the charger is plugged in and a conservative profile when it's on battery. You can even set up different voltage offset values per profile.

The last thing ThrottleStop would help you with is C-states. I've written "yet another BIOS mod"-guide here a while back, because I wanted to unlock the deeper C-states in the BIOS for the CPU to disable parts of itself when its idle, in order to conserve energy. Since then Razer has enabled switched the hidden BIOS option for CPUs to go down into the deepest C-state (C10) if possible, but depending on your Windows install, background tasks and whether you have a BIOS version where that option is set correctly, your CPU might remain in C2 or something, where most of the CPU still has current going through it. This will only improve power draw at almost idle, but it gave me personally a good boost in those situations. Again, you can use ThrottleStop's profiles to limit the CPU to C3 for example when plugged in, so there are fewer disabled parts of the CPU to wake up from sleep, and let it go down to C10 if it could when on battery. The CPU will automatically decide which C-state to go to depending on what it's doing at the moment, but it will automatically try to reach the deepest one up to the provided limit.

For me, at idle, the CPU package takes about 0.3-0.5W according to ThrottleStop. This should generally be the case with Coffee Lake CPUs such as the 8750H. If you can't reach numbers like that no matter what, you either leave it be, or look at Sysinternals Process Monitor to figure out whether you still have drivers running rampant or background tasks taking up CPU time when they shouldn't.

 

Good grief, it looks like I will need to raise my "IT skills" up a plateau or two. Thanks for the suggestion. I am refraining on doing anything to alter my system with bios modification or adding additional software that affects performance. So far my RB15 base model has been very stable and as my primary business machine I don't want to change anything that would render the machine to be less reliable. The only time this becomes an issue is when I am flying on an airplane and my battery is drained. I think I plugged in my brick on a plane on a previous flight and it did not exceed the current capacity of the seat I was in. I'll verify this tomorrow on my flight home. If the RB15 base model brick can be used on a plane then I really don't have a huge issue because there is pretty much always a plug in I can connect to in my line of work.

 

duplicate post by mistake - please remove post

 

duplicate post by mistake - please remove post

 

That is perfectly valid, you could maybe update the BIOS then, since, as I wrote, Razer enabled deeper C-states in v1.06 onward.

Also valid and I have the same philosophy, but specifically ThrottleStop is so lightweight, you'll be hard pressed to notice any impact. The whole folder comes in at about 600KB and Task Manager reports a maximum of 0.1% CPU usage and 3MB of memory usage. It is really lightweight. You can also stop the monitoring in the app to reduce the CPU usage to a minimum.

Absolutely. That's also why I wrote that if you'd want to do this, that you should absolutely stay conservative with your undervolt. Just about any CPU in the RB15 should be able to withstand a -90mV offset on the CPU cores and cache and a -60mV offset on the integrated graphics without any impact on stability whatsoever. Razer and other manufacturers even pre-undervolt recent machines for reduced thermals. For my use-case (game development), where the CPU is often occupied with path tracing for lightmaps, which is a pretty hefty load at times, I can get away with a -147.5mV offset on the CPU cores on my specific chip. But finding that took a bit of trial and error (and a bit of data loss on insignificant work) throughout about a month of regular usage.

But in the end it all depends on what you want from the machine and whether you're happy with its performance (in every sense of the word).

 

I have never attempted to do much of these things. Yes, I've installed software to check/enhance performance. Some worked out ok and some had no affect that I could tell or didn't give me the information/results I was looking for. I have never modified any bios setting or undervolted/overvolted/anything to do with CPU voltage offset so this really makes be a bit tentative. I am not so sure I have the knowledge and guts some of you guys have. I do enjoy reading about this, though!

 

Hi @No0B can you unlock overclocking menu tab on bios by flashing it with your new setting? It’s 2018 Model right? Tried several times it still doesn’t pup up, I changed all that related to user setting FYI. I know Blade 15 2019 can be easily unlocked, but not on 2018 model so far I know. Other tab like cpu VR core for imon values etc I could unlock, the target unlocking this tab is to be able to undervolting cpu directly from bios so I don’t have to use throttlestop etc, beside that I could disable ASPM on bios that maybe can increase gpu performance like on Blade 14.
Edit: this is already tried by user here who made imon tweak (get rid power limit on 8750H on Blade 15) and Insider user who made bumping Blade 14 performance YouTube Guide, on their 2019 Blade 15 it’s unlockable but they couldn’t do it on 2018 model, I sent the the bios to them for checking, they thought it would work but it’s not.
Thanks

 

Yes. It's what I have.

Can you point me towards something? I did a bit of searching and haven't found anything of those sorts. The BIOS between the 2018 and the 2019 model cannot be too dissimilar, so I'd say that the 2019's BIOS should be just as restrictive.

Unfortunately, I'm not skilled with hex editing, so I don't want to risk poking around to find what unlocks the overclocking menu and its capabilities without a hardware flasher, because bricking the BIOS will be a given in such a process. You can already set options in the overclocking menu via AMIBCP, but they simply don't have any effect. So Razer have not only hidden the menu (actually they have taken it out of the array of possible menus as well), but they disabled effects of the menu's options as well. Not that the overclocking menu would add a lot of value anyway, since the platform is locked from Intel's side. But yeah, undervolting in the BIOS would've been nice. But alas, I'm not able to do that.

@ Everyone: If anybody has got a hardware flasher for the RB15's BIOS chip, the skilled Lost_N_BIOS over at the Win-Raid forums could do it, given that you can test his edits on your notebook and unbrick using your hardware flasher if something isn't right.

 

We did only pm concerning this so can’t link it, but it’s pretty easy on 2019 like Blade 14 2017 by editing proper values to user setting. Here some screenshot, from Razer Insider and NBR Forum PM. Yes probably they deleted it on bios that i flashed, I’ll try updating to new official bios hopefully there’s some changes.

 

So they actually un-broke it in the BIOS for the 2019 model. Amazing.

As I wrote, analyzing the BIOS for the 2018 model (I looked at every released version up to v1.07) revealed that they not only hid the overclocking menu, but outright removed it from the arrays of selectable menus in the main category selector, as well as in the Advanced category. That's why in AMIBCP you don't see it in the Advanced category and it's also why the overclocking menu is on the top level of the treelist when you open a dump in AMIBCP.

Here's the possible main categories as extracted by IFRExtractor:

Spoiler: Main Categories

0x290A6 Form: Setup, FormId: 0x2710 {01 86 10 27 07 00}
0x290AC Ref: Main, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x1, FormId: 0x2711 {0F 0F 09 00 02 00 01 00 00 00 FF FF 00 11 27}
0x290BB Ref: Advanced, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x2, FormId: 0x2712 {0F 0F 1A 00 02 00 02 00 00 00 FF FF 00 12 27}
0x290CA Ref: Chipset, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x3, FormId: 0x2713 {0F 0F 1B 00 02 00 03 00 00 00 FF FF 00 13 27}
0x290D9 Ref: Security, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x4, FormId: 0x2714 {0F 0F 36 00 02 00 04 00 00 00 FF FF 00 14 27}
0x290E8 Ref: Boot, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x5, FormId: 0x2715 {0F 0F 1C 00 02 00 05 00 00 00 FF FF 00 15 27}
0x290F7 Ref: Save & Exit, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x6, FormId: 0x2716 {0F 0F 49 00 02 00 06 00 00 00 FF FF 00 16 27}
0x29106 End Form {29 02}

And the Advanced category menu:

Spoiler: Advanced category

0x29559 Form: Advanced, FormId: 0x2712 {01 86 12 27 1A 00}
0x2955F Suppress If {0A 82}
0x29561 QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x29567 Ref: RC ACPI Settings, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0xA, FormId: 0x2717 {0F 0F BF 00 C0 00 0A 00 00 00 FF FF 00 17 27}
0x29576 End If {29 02}
0x29578 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x2957A QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x29580 Ref: Connectivity Configuration, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0xB, FormId: 0x2719 {0F 0F 23 01 24 01 0B 00 00 00 FF FF 00 19 27}
0x2958F End If {29 02}
0x29591 Ref: CPU Configuration, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0xC, FormId: 0x2729 {0F 0F CB 01 CC 01 0C 00 00 00 FF FF 00 29 27}
0x295A0 Ref: Power & Performance, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0xD, FormId: 0x272C {0F 0F 1F 02 20 02 0D 00 00 00 FF FF 00 2C 27}
0x295AF Suppress If {0A 82}
0x295B1 QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x295B7 Ref: PCH-FW Configuration, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0xE, FormId: 0x276C {0F 0F FD 10 FE 10 0E 00 00 00 FF FF 00 6C 27}
0x295C6 End If {29 02}
0x295C8 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x295CA QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x295D0 Ref: Thermal Configuration, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0xF, FormId: 0x2771 {0F 0F A1 11 A2 11 0F 00 00 00 FF FF 00 71 27}
0x295DF End If {29 02}
0x295E1 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x295E3 QuestionId: 0xDD8 equals value 0x1 {12 86 D8 0D 01 00}
0x295E9 Not {17 02}
0x295EB QuestionId: 0xDD8 equals value 0x5 {12 06 D8 0D 05 00}
0x295F1 Not {17 02}
0x295F3 And {15 02}
0x295F5 End {29 02}
0x295F7 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x295F9 QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x295FF Ref: Platform Settings, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x10, FormId: 0x2776 {0F 0F CB 12 CC 12 10 00 00 00 FF FF 00 76 27}
0x2960E End If {29 02}
0x29610 End If {29 02}
0x29612 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x29614 QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x2961A Ref: ACPI D3Cold settings, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x11, FormId: 0x2777 {0F 0F 1C 13 1D 13 11 00 00 00 FF FF 00 77 27}
0x29629 End If {29 02}
0x2962B Suppress If {0A 82}
0x2962D QuestionId: 0xE2C equals value 0x0 {12 86 2C 0E 00 00}
0x29633 Not {17 02}
0x29635 QuestionId: 0xE2C equals value 0x3 {12 06 2C 0E 03 00}
0x2963B Not {17 02}
0x2963D And {15 02}
0x2963F End {29 02}
0x29641 Gray Out If {19 82}
0x29643 QuestionId: 0xE55 equals value 0x1 {12 06 55 0E 01 00}
0x29649 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x2964B QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x29651 Ref: AMT Configuration, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x12, FormId: 0x2798 {0F 0F AC 14 AD 14 12 00 00 00 FF FF 00 98 27}
0x29660 End If {29 02}
0x29662 End If {29 02}
0x29664 End If {29 02}
0x29666 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x29668 QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x2966E Ref: Intel ICC, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x13, FormId: 0x27A2 {0F 0F E6 14 E6 14 13 00 00 00 FF FF 00 A2 27}
0x2967D End If {29 02}
0x2967F Ref: Thunderbolt(TM) Configuration, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x14, FormId: 0x27AC {0F 0F 02 15 03 15 14 00 00 00 FF FF 00 AC 27}
0x2968E Suppress If {0A 82}
0x29690 QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x29696 Ref: Debug Settings, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x15, FormId: 0x27B2 {0F 0F 57 15 58 15 15 00 00 00 FF FF 00 B2 27}
0x296A5 End If {29 02}
0x296A7 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x296A9 QuestionId: 0xE54 equals value 0x1 {12 06 54 0E 01 00}
0x296AF Suppress If {0A 82}
0x296B1 QuestionId: 0xE53 equals value 0x1 {12 86 53 0E 01 00}
0x296B7 QuestionId: 0xE52 equals value 0x1 {12 06 52 0E 01 00}
0x296BD Or {16 02}
0x296BF End {29 02}
0x296C1 Ref: Trusted Computing, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x16, FormId: 0x27B6 {0F 0F 93 17 94 17 16 00 00 00 FF FF 00 B6 27}
0x296D0 End If {29 02}
0x296D2 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x296D4 QuestionId: 0xE53 equals value 0x0 {12 86 53 0E 00 00}
0x296DA QuestionId: 0xE52 equals value 0x1 {12 06 52 0E 01 00}
0x296E0 Or {16 02}
0x296E2 End {29 02}
0x296E4 Ref: Trusted Computing, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x17, FormId: 0x27B7 {0F 0F 93 17 94 17 17 00 00 00 FF FF 00 B7 27}
0x296F3 End If {29 02}
0x296F5 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x296F7 QuestionId: 0xE52 equals value 0x0 {12 06 52 0E 00 00}
0x296FD Ref: Trusted Computing, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x18, FormId: 0x27B5 {0F 0F 93 17 94 17 18 00 00 00 FF FF 00 B5 27}
0x2970C End If {29 02}
0x2970E End If {29 02}
0x29710 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x29712 QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x29718 Ref: ACPI Settings, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x19, FormId: 0x27B8 {0F 0F BA 15 C0 00 19 00 00 00 FF FF 00 B8 27}
0x29727 End If {29 02}
0x29729 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x2972B QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x29731 Ref: SMART Settings, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x1A, FormId: 0x27D4 {0F 0F D5 16 D6 16 1A 00 00 00 FF FF 00 D4 27}
0x29740 End If {29 02}
0x29742 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x29744 QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x2974A Ref: Serial Port Console Redirection, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x1B, FormId: 0x27D6 {0F 0F F2 15 F2 15 1B 00 00 00 FF FF 00 D6 27}
0x29759 End If {29 02}
0x2975B Suppress If {0A 82}
0x2975D QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x29763 Ref: Intel TXT Information, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x1C, FormId: 0x27EA {0F 0F 99 00 9A 00 1C 00 00 00 FF FF 00 EA 27}
0x29772 End If {29 02}
0x29774 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x29776 QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x2977C Ref: Acoustic Management Configuration, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x1D, FormId: 0x1 {0F 21 AB 15 AC 15 1D 00 00 00 FF FF 00 01 00 00 00 AC A1 8A C4 70 F8 8D 41 A6 EF C1 DD 89 C1 CE 19}
0x2979D End If {29 02}
0x2979F Suppress If {0A 82}
0x297A1 QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x297A7 Ref: Switchable Graphics, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x1E, FormId: 0x27EB {0F 0F AD 15 AE 15 1E 00 00 00 FF FF 00 EB 27}
0x297B6 End If {29 02}
0x297B8 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x297BA QuestionId: 0xE51 equals value 0x0 {12 06 51 0E 00 00}
0x297C0 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x297C2 QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x297C8 Ref: AMI Graphic Output Protocol Policy, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x1F, FormId: 0x27EE {0F 0F C4 15 C5 15 1F 00 00 00 FF FF 00 EE 27}
0x297D7 End If {29 02}
0x297D9 End If {29 02}
0x297DB Suppress If {0A 82}
0x297DD QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x297E3 Ref: SIO Configuration, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x20, FormId: 0x1 {0F 21 EF 15 EF 15 20 00 00 00 FF FF 00 01 00 00 00 55 C8 1B 94 7E BF CB 4F 88 2F 7A EA D1 5C 9D 47}
0x29804 End If {29 02}
0x29806 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x29808 QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x2980E Ref: PCI Subsystem Settings, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x21, FormId: 0x1 {0F 21 F0 15 F0 15 21 00 00 00 FF FF 00 01 00 00 00 04 F3 A9 AC E2 21 52 48 98 75 7F F4 88 1D 67 A5}
0x2982F End If {29 02}
0x29831 Ref: USB Configuration, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x22, FormId: 0x27FD {0F 0F 46 16 47 16 22 00 00 00 FF FF 00 FD 27}
0x29840 Ref: Network Stack Configuration, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x23, FormId: 0x2800 {0F 0F 98 16 99 16 23 00 00 00 FF FF 00 00 28}
0x2984F Ref: NVMe Configuration, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x24, FormId: 0x1 {0F 21 FD 16 FE 16 24 00 00 00 FF FF 00 01 00 00 00 2E CF 39 5E 12 67 AB 45 84 C4 35 D3 C6 A3 68 6D}
0x29870 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x29872 QuestionId: 0x3EC equals value 0x0 {12 06 EC 03 00 00}
0x29878 Ref: SDIO Configuration, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x25, FormId: 0x281E {0F 0F FF 16 00 17 25 00 00 00 FF FF 00 1E 28}
0x29887 End If {29 02}
0x29889 Subtitle: Statement.Prompt: , Flags: 0x0 {02 87 02 00 00 00 00}
0x29890 End {29 02}
0x29892 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x29894 QuestionId: 0xE50 equals value in list (0xFFFF) {14 08 50 0E 01 00 FF FF}
0x2989C Ref: , VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x26, FormId: 0x2712 {0F 0F 02 00 02 00 26 00 00 00 FF FF 00 12 27}
0x298AB End If {29 02}
0x298AD Subtitle: Statement.Prompt: , Flags: 0x0 {02 87 02 00 00 00 00}
0x298B4 End {29 02}
0x298B6 Suppress If {0A 82}
0x298B8 QuestionId: 0xE4F equals value in list (0xFFFF) {14 08 4F 0E 01 00 FF FF}
0x298C0 Ref: Driver Health, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0xFFFF, VarStore: 0x0, QuestionId: 0x27, FormId: 0x283F {0F 0F 63 00 64 00 27 00 00 00 FF FF 00 3F 28}
0x298CF End If {29 02}
0x298D1 End Form {29 02}

So these are the possible options. Some BIOS modding guides show top-level categories and menus simply being hidden, but still having a toggle, or debug/development versions of these menus as duplicates which you can switch on by simply editing one bit. But here it's not as simple. The tricky part is that you'd need to add a bit of data to, for example the main category array, to even have a toggle with which to enable the overclocking menu. But as soon as you do that, all pointers in the code following that will be broken. This indicates that AMI gives platform developers the possibility to disable certain functionality at the time of compiling the rom, which, in the case of the RB15 BIOS doesn't remove the overclocking menu, but simply moves it to the top level and removes all references to it.

EDIT: Sorry, can't format it correctly. The forum automatically hides consecutive tabs and spaces.

 

Thanks for checking it, other options that i don’t really need now on my usage like cpu VR core and its imon values for solving power limit, I could unlock it but that damn overclocking menu that I wanted I couldn’t. Give me a shoot if you find how to unlock it, I’m not rushing need it but it’s nice to have cpu undervolted directly per bios like current mid 2019 blade 15 and Pro, there’re also other sweet setting there like ASMP and C-State, on Blade 14 with this tweak i never touch throttlestop, xtu maybe sometimes for checking temperature and package tdp only.

 

The 2019 Blade Base also doesn't have handle to Overclocking options from main menu, looks exactly like this:

It is visible in BIOS dump though, just no way to access it from main menu.

 

Precisely. If you look into the two spoilers in my post on the previous page, you'll see that the overclocking menu does not appear in these forms as a selectable option. So it's not even hidden, it's removed from there. The menu itself was moved from its usual place in the Advanced category to the top level for an unknown reason. There are BIOS where the overclocking menu is a top-level item, but it's not in the AMI BIOS versions Razer uses. The 2019 RB15 has the overclocking menu in the Advanced category where it usually should be.

Hence my assumption that Razer have some control at compile time over whether they want to expose the menu and its functionality or not. And the solution that AMI goes for when a manufacturer decides to disable the overclocking menu before compiling the BIOS rom is to move it out to the top level and not put it into the possible selectable options, instead of removing it completely and pad the "hole" with zeros (since the BIOS rom needs to be a certain size).

 

In this case the 2019 RB15 Base and Advanced models have different BIOS structure, you can see the Overclocking menu under Setup in my screenshot - that's 2019 Base.

 

I’m assuming because a lot of users doing that on previous version, Blade 14 2017, maybe they found some issues reported by users and made it like that. I remember right after that YouTube tutorial there’s user reported bricking his unit on Razer subreddit when I’m not wrong.

Yes it’s similar with what I experienced. Mostly Blade 14 users use from overclocking menu undervolting, ASPM and C state to access, maybe due reported Issues they removed it on 2018 model. On 2019 maybe they forgot or there’s some changes on engineering team who handle that.

 

Hey, question,

Have any of you oled owners had screen flickering?

On my m15r2 i noticed minute screen flickering when the acreen is full white.

 

Here’s Blade 15 2018 thread There’s no Oled version in this gen you can ask @Hackintoshihope on other thread and think he use Oled Blade 15...wait m15 r2 is Alienware legend Design thin and light, maybe better ask Users on owner lounge there on in Alienware subreddit.

 

The OLED screen flicker occasionally it’s called pixel shifting. They do this to prevent screen burn in. It’s more noticeable on white heavily backlit screens! Hope this helps.


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@Komorebi are you this guy? He said apparently M15r2 using goofed display controller that made that flickering.
https://www.reddit.com/r/razer/comm...y_screen/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

 

EDIT: Fixed it. I have uploaded my VBIOS backup from RB15 1070MaxQ to the BIOS collection.

 

Has anyone had an issue when they plug in headphones into the speaker port and when removing the speakers the RB15 speakers no longer output sound? I've got the driver from Razer.com/support/...... . I've had to revert to a system restore point to get the speaker to function again. I am now in the habit of creating a restore point just prior to plugging in headphones. This was not an issue with the original system build but it is now after a fresh system build (with Win10Pro on new m.2 SSD). I'm searching for a solution as this issue is highly irregular. Thanks in advance.

 

@RobotDoctor, I can't recommend enough to assemble your own driver from here, and specifically I've been treated well by the 6.0.1.8627 driver from March of this year. The newest drivers introduced some flakiness again, but this version has been running perfectly for me.

You can download the whole Github repo at that point in time here, which will include more than you need, but it will contain all the tools you might need as well.

Then follow this guide to assemble your own driver installer. Take note of the folder structure that Universal Audio Driver Inf Editor wants in section A and move around the folders you downloaded from the repo accordingly. When you input the device identifier in the app and it selects the relevant parts and shows them to you in the right half of the window, you'll notice that the Blade is a device receiving Dolby modifications. You may uncheck the Dolby things in the list of selected parts to get the "generic" driver, otherwise you'll have the Dolby Atmos app installed, using which I could improve the sound quality of the built-in speakers quite significantly, but it's yet another service running in the background. So you may not want that.

This driver fixed my very quiet microphone problem and lets me avoid using Microsoft's generic driver, which made speakers and headphones pop all the time.

And by the way, you might want to disable Windows automatically getting updated drivers after you do all this, or else it might eventually download a new version from Windows update and you'll be back at square one.

 

Anybody managed to flash a new VBIOS on to this thing? Only possible with a SPI flasher?

 

Have any of you purchased a replacement keycap for the razer laptops? If so, what vendor? One of my keys got a scratch on it somehow.

 

Hey, just joined the forums because I've read many pages on this thread. I have a Razer Blade 15 (gtx1070), and recently I reinstall Windows 10 on my Razer Blade. And now, my webcam and microphone not working, the hardware event not detected. I've already in my 3rd attempt in reinstalling Windows, update drivers and all that but still with no success. I'm still guessing that my webcam and microphone problem is a software / driver related issue, but I just can't figure it yet.
Anyone have tips?

 

There’s YouTube guide how to replace Blade 15 keys I think it’s from vendor you can ask them there.

Didn’t have the issue but after update to 1903 everytime I run gpu demanding tasks I get BOSD, no Nvidia, Intel Driver not Synapse issue maybe windows and some Blade software or I messed too much with bios moding, however revert to 1809 and back to happy user again.

 

Hey Joikansai, yeah I was installing the 1903 version. I'm downloading the 1809 version right now and will try it today.

It's really hard to get the Webcam driver files, I've been looking all night for it. I did managed to get the hardware id USB\Vid_1bcf&pid_2c9a , which was manufactured by SunPlus IT.
Do you have Razer USB Recovery Drive in any chance? If so, can you share the drivers files in there?

Also, are you updated the BIOS to 1.08 ? I just remembered, I updated the BIOS to 1.08 just before my attempt to reinstall the windows, and the problems occurred.

Thanks in advance.

 

No issues of any sort on two different Blade 15s (1070MQ) on 1903.

 

I’m on 1.08, if you need original usb recovery you can contact support if the issue is related to that. I’ve only Razer Edge, Blade 14 2015 and 2017 original usb recovery, the real problem was the first one the rest I made it up, since I like the stick lol.

Yes it’s also weird and I hate reinstalling windows on my Blade 15 and faced that BOSD, I play Control this last 2 days on 1809 it’s fine like always. But on 1903, only Unigine Heaven that can run, all games, 3Dmark goes to BOSD right after loading (gpu active). For now it’s fine since I just need 1903 for gears5, which I finished on other system gunmetal stealth.
I’m too lazy now trying that again (tried twice).

 

Anybody had any success hex editing the BIOS file to put this menu back in? Can't quite get my head around it, it shows in AMIBCP & HxD but when set to "User" they still don't appear in BIOS.



In other news, 1903 has been all good on my Razer Blade 15 2018, BIOS 1.08, EC 1.03.

 

About the bios I think @No0B above did that, no successful.
Good to hear that is only me LoL, however I finished gears5 main and playing horde and online on my other system, stealth. Funny thing is that on 1809 it works again like a champ. Thought Driver issue but tried tons nvidia and Intel one with no success on 1903, still bsod apparently once the gpu works, tried as well on bios mod pl removed and default Razer one somaybe mine is made to stuck with 1809 forever